Yard MD blog: Bigger, better garden centers

Oct. 15, 2013

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What do you do to satisfy your urge to garden when the weather is wet and rainy like it is today?

If itís really raining, visiting a greenhouse or garden center is a great way to spend an hour or two.

My dream is for the Fox Cities to become home to an English style greenhouse. In England, greenhouses are truly spectacular. The garden centers are so large, you could spend an entire day wandering through them.

To accommodate this, many of the garden centers there have coffee and tea shops, bookstores, delis and restaurants right inside of them. This encourages people to stay a while, and offers a pleasant setting to enjoy a rest from shopping.

Imagine the fortune that could be made here in northeast Wisconsin from a destination like this. Year round! Sort of like the Domes in Milwaukee, only better.